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This show has been commercially released as Dozin' At The Knick
Reviewer:
rick e. -
Subject:
1990-03-25
This show sounds great ! The spring '90 tour was very good.I don't think there were any weak shows at all on this tour.
Reviewer:
nyge -
Subject:
:(......
I am loosing my mind. That is by far the best TOG I have heard. I was there when he has played his worst and I still loved him.
Reviewer:
Zooomabooma -
Subject:
SMOKIN'!!
How could the middle show of a three night stand be so sweet? That's not often the case. This night in Albany it most definitely was the case!
From May of '72 until the end, over a span of 23 years, only 8 times has Greatest Story Ever Told has opened a show. Out of those eight, only tonight had the opening combo of Greatest Story-> Touch of Grey. What fun way to get this show rollin'!
The boys were rockin' and the house was bouncin' and spinnin' and probably doing nothing less than enjoyin' the crap out of these first two tunes!! Up next was Wang Dang Doodle and the only complaint is that they didn't segue from Touch -> into Wang Dang but instead paused for a tuneup. Oh well. Most of the Deadhead boys and girls in attendance probably coulda danced right through a three song opener but I guess the boys on stage needed a breather.
Brent next delighted with Never Trust a Woman including a little hamming it up at the end which the crowd really seemed to appreciate. Ohhh, that Brent! And then what followed was just a flawless string of songs one after another right up until the end of the set. It almost seemed unreal how perfectly this night was going so far. Let It Grow, to close down Set 1 was actually a let down... ha ha, sort of. It wasn't quite a 10 on my scorecard, maybe only a 9.9. So still this night, up to this point, gets a solid A+! It didn't really rock after Wang Dang but was played basically note for note without error.
With a beautifully played Eyes, the second set picks up right where Set 1 left off... almost. Unfortunately, this one gets a few points deducted for a minor lyric flub by Jerry and then a second messup when he sings one line too early which he surely realizes a moment later when he sings the same line again. Whoops. So two minor flaws which is just a shame because this Eyes was nearly 13 minutes of bliss from a band that is so tight and so right on.
It bein' Sunday and all, Bobby gives us Samson & Delilah to complete the Biblical two-fer. Another beautiful moment of bliss follows with Crazy Fingers. Brief but sweet it was and then it was time to rock again with Truckin'. Amazing how this song, arguably one of the Dead's three most popular ever, is so welcomed. The boys nailed every note and there probably wasn't an unhappy Head in the Knick on this night! Interestingly, though, as they jammed away at the end of the song, what potential there was to really launch this into 12 or 15 minute jamland. Instead we got a left turn into quick Spoonful and the boys decided to let Mickey & Billy take over.
After the lowpoint of the night -- a completely unspectacular Drums -- a short Space wound down into the quietest point in the night with Brent singing his ever-so-sweet I Will Take You Home. Ahhhh... but it was time to rock again!
Great as this show has been, it wasn't until GDTRFB that there was a truly mindblowing moment as Jerry momentarily lit it up. And one more Jerry plateau came in the next song, Black Peter. While this doesn't usually have the unbelievableness that it once did, it can still shine it's light on everyone with a ticket stub in pocket. On this night in New York's capital city, Jerry flipped that switch and hit that plateau and for one amazing moment, that light did indeed shine. Heaven achieved!
And finally, during the closing Around and Around, Bobby wasn't about to exit stage unnoticed... he yucked it up a little in his uniquely cheesy Bobby style, giving everyone a little laugh and a great big smile for sure! After a Mighty Quinn, the night was complete.
This is 1990 at some it's finest. While not the most orgasmic of shows, it is so close to perfection and it has its moments to qualify it for maybe one of the best of the final years of the Grateful Dead. On top of that, this Soundboard recording SMOKES!!!
Reviewer:
Evan S. Hunt -
Subject:
Great Performance, Great Recording Take 1398
One of the Grateful Dead's top 1400's.
Reviewer:
Darick -
Subject:
Darick
Totally agree with "Schwadust" on the monster Eyes. I saw most of this east coast tour, and the Knick run was the gem. Yes the Branford Eyes was huge, but this show was where Jer reincarnated Eyes into a slowed down free form groovey jazz exploration. The 70's Eyes were great, the 80's were way too speedy, This Knick Eyes was a new era. I remember being at one of Albany's many bars after this show and listening to this tune on some dudes DAT with these great headphones - it sounded even better than the show (or maybe I was just starting to peak - could be). The Sampson that follows rips. The intro is lengthy and Jer's on fire throughout.
Reviewer:
birdsgosouth -
Subject:
R E V E R B !
Man....wonder who made the call to toss the crazy cathedral reverb on these spring 1990 boards....Phil?...makes me dizzy in the car! I like a little depth, but damn! hot show though.
Reviewer:
GumpyGuppy -
Subject:
I'll fly away
This Bird Song is magical. Knicker definately was the place to be this Spring. No assembly required, and no Branford to steal Jerry's light. I could listen to this over and over and over. There's parts of this song I'll never be able to fully explore because the complexity transends me into the spiritual world. Don't every forget this day.
Reviewer:
dmilks -
Subject:
3-25-90
I have gone as far back as 1980 and still haven't found a second set Eyes opener yet. It is very well played along with the rest of the set. This tour was great.
Reviewer:
schwadust -
Subject:
Don't let this get lost in the shuffle...
There's a reason that the initial Knickerbocker Arena run became legendary...and it's not just the phenomenal first show. They backed up that show with another masterpiece.
This second night has much to offer in both sets, but the second set is a monster. I believe the Eyes to kick off the second set was the first time it had opened a set in many a moon, and it benefited greatly from a standing start being that it wasn't married the pace or feel of a jam into it, rather it was allowed to find its own comfortable footing. All of you who drool over the Branford version a couple of nights later (and rightfully so I might add), you can find the seeds to that magical version right here. It's much more laid back that 80's versions I had become familiar with, and the segue into Samson is blissful. The rest of the set is awesome as well, but that Eyes>Samson is some cool shit...